Feb

29 2020

Ohavei Tarbut

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple 222 Livingston Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-545-6484 temple@aemt.info
http://www.aemt.net

Contact Anna West-Ott
732-545-6484
cantor@aemt.info
http://www.aemt.net

$ Cost $ 18.00

A Cantor's Tale with Hazzan Jacob Bem-Zion Mendelson

In the film "A Cantor's Tale", released in 2006, filmmaker Erik Greenberg Anjou explores the
Golden Age of Chazzanut" in a soulful meditation on the cantors and songs that were popular. As a child, future performer, teacher, and Cantors Assembly president, Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson marveled at the singers who frequently performed at his local Brooklyn synagogue. Join "Cantor Jack" as he takes you on a tour of his childhood haunts in Borough Park and other people and places who influenced his illustrious cantorial career. he has also passed on his art to legions of cantorial students at Hebrew Union College and the Jewish Theological Seminary.